4 Chinese military planes enter Taiwan’s ADIZ
Taiwan News reported on May 19 that four Chinese military aircraft entered Taiwan’s air defense identification zone, marking the 13th intrusion this month. Taiwan's National Defense Ministry (MND) said, on May 18, 2 People's Liberation Army Air Force (PLAAF) Shenyang J-16 fighter jets, 1 Shaanxi Y-8 reconnaissance plane, and 1 Shaanxi ...
U.S. to send 4 unmanned surface ships to RIMPAC 2022, China stays uninvited
According to the USNI News, the San Diego Naval Base will send four unmanned surface vessels or USVs to Hawaii this summer to participate in the world's largest naval warfare exercise, RIMPAC 2022. This plan is to improve the integrity between unmanned and manned Navy forces. Considering from a command-and-control perspective, these ...
China deploys J-20 and J-31 Jets in the Pacific and South China Sea, but they can’t fight F-35
Chinese defense expert Song Zhongping told the Global Times that the J-20 is advanced new equipment for China. Ren Yukun, a senior official from the state-owned Aviation Industry Corporation of China, said that the J-20 has replaced its original WS-10 engines and now has a “Chinese heart.” China is training pilots in ...
Multiple Chinese provinces cut international phone lines, claims scam countermeasure
Recently, citizens in Zhejiang province said that calls to other countries and Hong Kong, Macao, and Taiwan were terminated. Screenshots of the announcement from provincial mobile service provider China Mobile Zhejiang were also shared. According to state media CCTV, China Mobile Zhejiang confirmed the call block. The service provider justifies that ...
The US-designed flying torpedo; a new weapon against China’s huge low-tech marine defense
The U.S. Air Force and Navy have developed an inexpensive alternative weapon called Quicksink. According to the Strategy Page, Quicksink is a regular guided bomb that can destroy a ship with the power of a heavy torpedo but is more efficient and cheaper. This weapon uses a modified version of the ...
China Mobile raises scrutiny by hindering overseas calls, SMS allegedly to fight fraud
Major Chinese telecommunication China Mobile is rolling out a new system to restrict calls from abroad. The move comes as the government is allegedly tightening its grip on telecom fraud. According to South China Morning Post, China Mobile users must confirm whether they would like to receive overseas calls by May ...
China’s Hikvision surveillance camera found inside top secret UK science hub
Chinese blacklisted video surveillance technology is being used in a top-secret laboratory in the United Kingdom. People familiar with the matter told Bloomberg that the UK's Health Security Agency is now using the Chinese surveillance camera—Hikvision—at laboratories. The UKHSA is in Porton Down, England. This science hub focuses on two crucial areas: ...
‘Aircraft carrier killer’, China builds simulated facilities for war test
Satellite images recently showed the China military is building up large-scale targets in a remote desert to simulate its future attack. Maxar Technologies took pictures from space. The pictures showed a simulated target of a full-size U.S. Navy aircraft carrier in the Taklimakan Desert in Xinjiang. There are also at least ...
Shanghai people’s complaints shock the Internet: China’s military experts speak out
In Shanghai, people's anger and resistance are rising; nevertheless, prevention and control measures are escalating to the point that citizens feel they have no future. Zhao Chu, a military expert and deputy director of the Shanghai Institute of National Defense Strategy, posted on his WeChat, protesting the brutal invasion of people's ...
US Commerce Secretary: Beijing opposing chip bill, fears losing its edge
According to Reuters, Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo said on May 11 that China opposes the U.S. huge chip bill because it will give the world's largest economy a competitive advantage. On May 12, the U.S. will step up formal negotiations on a compromise measure that would invest 52 billion dollars in ...
‘Like playing Bomberman’: residents mock Beijing’s newly imposed isolation measure
Beijing policymakers have invented a new way to block the spread of the Covid-19. Accordingly, residents living on the same floor or sharing the same drainage pipe with the infected household will be sent to quarantine camps. The new policy was implemented in Nanmofang Township, Chaoyang District. Mainland media reported a ...
Tech war: U.S. considers tougher crackdown on Chinese chipmakers
According to the Information, the United States is considering a ban on the export of advanced equipment to Chinese chipmakers by American suppliers. China's technical self-sufficiency would be jeopardized by this decision.Besides Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corp. (SMIC), the potential ban will also affect state-owned Hua Hong Semiconductor, ChangXin Memory Technologies (CXMT), ...
Tianzhou-4 finally docks, marking China’s fight to build full-scale space station
Chinese Tianzhou arrived at its expected destination - Tianhe, the core module of China's under-construction Tiangong space station, on May 9, about 6.5 hours after launch. The robotic spacecraft mission is the opening battle for the space station's construction phase. It is also vital to reach full-scale construction and achieve the ...
China’s first cloud computing firm lost $150 million in 2 years, wiping out 90% of its market cap
According to its 2021 financial report, Unique Technology Co. Ltd. (UCloud) experienced two consecutive bad years with accumulated losses of nearly 1 billion yuan ($150 million). The significant drop in its stock price has wiped out almost 90% of its market value. Total revenue has seen an upward trend since 2018 ...
North Korea fires ballistic missile ahead of China Vice President’s rare trip to Seoul
North Korea has just fired a missile on Saturday, May 7, one day after China announced it would send its second highest leader to the upcoming South Korea president's inauguration. South Korea’s Yonhap News Agency cited the country’s Joint Chiefs of Staff that its northern neighbor just fired a missile, likely ...
Beijing steps up restrictions on young users in a bid to crack down on tech industry
Young internet users in China have recently been prohibited from sending virtual gifts on Livestream platforms, and their allowed time on these platforms is to be restricted. The newly issued rules come as Chinese regulators ramp up their grip on the internet platforms. According to several government agencies' joint notice, Livestream ...
